Milan, September 4, 2024. A white Smart parks in the Testudo gym parking lot. It's driven by Antonio Bellocco, 36, a member of one of the most powerful families in the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta. He has a meeting with Andrea Beretta, 49, a long-time leader of Inter's "Corrales."

The two had just participated in a relaxed game between Inter and Milan ultras, as shown in a photo published hours earlier by another ultra leader. But something goes wrong in the Smart. Within seconds, Bellocco shoots Beretta in the leg. The ultra leader's reaction is lightning-fast: he stabs Bellocco—according to some sources, up to 21 times—until he dies instantly.

Thus begins the Doppia Curva case, the largest judicial investigation into how ultras and mafias have learned to share the symbolic and real power of Serie A funds. A case that reveals an uncomfortable truth: organized crime has colonized Italy's industrial north. The 'Ndrangheta has built a gigantic hive, silent but hardworking, in the country's economic heartland.

And that, as Belocco's murder demonstrates, includes the historic stands of San Siro.

Y eso, como demuestra el asesinato de Belocco, incluye las históricas gradas de San Siro.

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Brazalete Negro, el true crime del fútbol. Y, recuerda, Bill Shankly no tenía razón.